The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-08-12
REV. DR.. TALMAGE,.
THE BROOKLYN DIvISE.s SUN
DAY SERMON.
saIJect. How to Save the cl,lcs. :

Ard n srfd. Brfns ne a i,c,r cyris-- ami
psf sait thersis. 1Ad ;Aeg brought u 70 him.
And h arelf forth unto the spring Of the
,saters, and casz the sat IN there, and said:
1hts, said the Lord, hare hedled these
ic'iters. there shall not BE- Jr0sl thence day
more deatb or 5drrsa land. So The tudteTs
,esie Aedied unto this day kings il,
Il i difirult 10 estimate how much Of the
property and health Of city are dependent
upon good water The time when, through
xeli-laid pifes and from safe reservoir, an
Eldndance Of water from Croton, or Ridge
wood. or sehuylkiil Is brought into the city
4 appropriately celebrated with GRAFTON and
/ pfroies-hnlc display. Thank God every day
Tor Gear, bright, beautiful, sparkling water
a. i drpIe in the shower, or tosses up in the
fountain. or rushes out AZ the hvdrant
The City Of Jericho, notwithstanding all
/ - physical and commercial advantages, was
/ lacking In this important element There
was enough water. but il was diseased, and
TIE people were crying out by reason thereof.
A-i-sna The prophet, comes TO the rescue. He
1 says. Get me new cruise; fill il with salt
and bring Il tome SO the cruise of salt was
/ hrI9ughf 10 the prophet. and see him walk
ing Cut 70 the general reservoir, aud loi all
TIE impurities depart, througha supernatural
aud divine infuence and the waters are
good and fresh and clear, and all the people
/ dep their hands and lift up their faces in the
] EAadnesz. Water for Jeg1chO-cleaf bright,
beautiful. God given waferi
Al different TIMES have pointed out 10 you
DE fountains Of municipal corruption, and
this morning proTd-sa to show you what are
/ The LEANS for the Iectlfcafion Of those foun-
tains There are four or five kinds OF salt
that have cleansing tendency. So far as
God may help me, / shall bring cruse OF
salt u the WORK and empty n into the great
nIsrroir a municipal crime, sin, and shame,
ignorance and nbomination-
In this work Of cleansing OR cities | have
hrzf 70 remark, that there IL a work for the
broom and shovel that nothing else can do.
I Tlerc always has teen an intimate connection
Z bfWsen lniquity and dirt The filthy parts
u tiie great cites are always the mos; iniqui-
Z tous Tafts The cutters and the pavenients
q the Fourth Ward. New York, Illustrate
AMI -smtolize the character Of the people in
the Fourth Ward
The firzi thing that a bad man does when
T h. b converted i thoroughly 10 wash him
al Therr were this morning. on the way
+ b The different churches, thousands Of men IN
{ proper apparel Nho. before their conversion,
Here unit in their Sabbath dress When on
the Sabbath ssa a man uneieanly in his
dras, my suspicious IN regard to his moral
chlrartcr are aroused. and they are ALWAYS
Neli founded 50 a. TO allow no sxctise for
lark Of ablutian, God has cleft the continents
With rlrers and iakcs, and has sunk five great
o'-sans. und ali the world ought 20 be clean
AHay, then. with the dirt from our cities,
lot eniy because the physical health needs an
alllufion, but tecauss all The great niofal and
religious Interests Of the citics demand it as a
positive necessity. a filthy city always has
is..n ana aiuays will he a wicked city.
Through the urturnins of the earth for
Erraf improvement our city could not be ex-
l-a-seI T. ie a. clean as usual. hut for the
iiiluiiabie dirt q Brooklyn for the last six
months there Is no excuss- Il j. not merely
matter ~ dust IN the eyes, and mud for the
snoes, nia 4 stencil for the nostrils but Of
incrals for the soul
Another corrective influence that we would
bring . lear upon the evils Of great cities
3 a Chflsiian printing pres The news
EFTelz e any place are the iest Of its moral
~. Tue neasl1s who runs along the street
W.T. d rTIl a. plPers under his arm is a ire
men lous farce that cannot he turned aside
nor resisfei. and at his every step the
cry Is elevated or degraded This hun
ery- All deTuuring American mind must
have snnetlling 70 read, ard upon ed
lto1s ami authors and book publishers and
flarsnis and teacher rosts the responsibility Of
sAat they shall real Almost every man
yoa hieaf has a book ia his hand or q news
Fnf<r IN his pocket What took Is it you
have In YOUR hlnds What uessuap.r Is Il
Fou have IN your pocket. Ministers may
Ilreaff, fefo1Iness may pan, phiianfhI opisis
may tod for the elevation II the suffer
M aud the criminal. but until al
tile nersr1reIs Of the land and al
The booksellers II the lanl SET Themselves
against an Ubiquitous iiferafure-uutn then
Ne shall L. frhfiac against fearful odds.
Essrt tline fae cyilrirrs q orr great pub ]
lshlns hDusss turn they make the earth
luH4s- FriIu them goes forth thought Ike Z
an angel Of light 20 feed and blezs the world !
or Ike an angel Of dHrkErss 10 sinitc il with /
tHlfrul .inn and an and shame AMI death May
God By HIS osunipofcnt Spirit purify and eie-
tzte TIE Anrrican printing press
20 90 further and say that we must de
ls1il nTuf. fhe school for a great deal Of cor
rfreflns lnfiuenre. A community can no more /
rffOnd 70 have ignorant men in IL midst than !
q sl1n effnrt o. have uneag,d hyenns. Ig-
rofznee L the mother Of hydra-headed crime I
Ikirty one r-r cent. 81 ali the criminals OF |
Ner YORK state can neither resd nor write
Intellectual darkness j. gene-ally the pre-
eurs1r Of moral darkness I know ]
shese arr educaied outlaws-nen |
Who through their SHARPNESS Of in /
tf.lecf, are made morn dangerous. They 4
ase their fine Psnmanship in signing other /
Is-oIic's names. and their srisnee in ingenious /
hurEiaries. and their fine manners in adroit /
.isEtinism. They 90 their round Of sin with 4
Ue1tuf aJFaTsi. and dangling lewelry. and |
sutches Of eighteen karats, ard kid gloves
They arr refined, es1ncafed magnificent vii /
lains- But that Is theexcepiiOn II is generally /
n case that the criminal classes are As isnO- I
t,nr a. .hey are wicked. For the proof Of /
p hat 1 say. 20 into the prisons and peniten- /
tl1ries, and iook upon the men and women in
elrueraied The dishonesty in the eye. the
ioE passion In the lip, are not more conspicu-
clis than the iEnoraflne in the forehead The
ie7ior1ur class are always the dangerous
ci.ssas llc1nazugueS marshal them. They /
ar helnle-s. and arr driven before the gale.
i = high time that all city and State au-
thcriiv. well as the Federal Government,
appreciate the awful sfafl-firS shat while years
ago IN this cnunrry there was 1T apart forty
ei-in lulliiors a acres for school pGrposas,
there are now in New England one hundred
ard ninety one fholisand people who can
I,t1rhar read nor write, and in the State Of
tinnst lyania tHo hundred and twenty
tHo fhnusana who can neither read nor
grlts. and in the STATE of New York two
h1.iiiirs-l and forty one thnusand who eau
utltlrr read nor write. while in the United
ri1tes then arr nearly six millions who can
nestlier rad nor HTiie Statistics enough 10
filiseer and eonfound any man who loves his
1fl and his country Now. in view II tins
far. am IN favor Of compulsory educa-
ttuu IS Ben psresIfs are - b.sfial As 70 ns,rlsr.
THIS duiy - the child. / say the law.
WITH a strong hand. al the same time with
reIsie hard ought 90 lead ihese little ones into
ne hsiat n intelligence and good morals Il
aiis e beautiful tablesu when in our city
sssIfhs policeman. having picked up a lost
eatii IA TIE etreti. nss found appeasing is
crss Hltl a stick o. candy be had bought at
ne apple stand Thai was well done, and
beautifully done. BIT, OH these thou
- "a nAAAc AAlAtr lA4buLu utif Streets
sriio are crs's-g for the hread OF knowledge
ana Intelligence. Shall not give il to
ta=1f he ofioers Of the Law ought To 70
down INTO The cellars and up N the garrets
n1d bring oat these benighted little ones and
fs1t them under educational influences: afte-
they have f2ssed through the hath aud under
u comb, putting before them the spelling
ir1k- aud i-achiEg them 70 read the
<ris Prayer and the Sermon on he
N1uut; .Blszssd are tie poor in sfirit Tor
tt..irs IS the kingdom d haven our city
ollkli7 - b. father AID mother both TO thes,
oulc1sf little oaes As a recipe for the t11re
- much 81 the woe, and wanf, and crime Of
our city. gave the words which ThorwaidSen
had eali-.i.l GA he open scroll IN the hand Of
da1u fsuffnl,-rs. the inventor OF the ART Of
printing; --Ist there b. light
tiflil lnrthcr: kefsrnafory- societies are an
lfupuTtant elefnrut in the rectihcation Of The
rltlic fountains Without calling any If
than By name, I refer more especially To
tlfnf which r',cugnize the physical as well as
tise moral Wuss u the Eorld There Wns
Il1ftds and q great deal OF common sensa in
sTnat the poor women said 10 Or. Cuthrie
nhen BE- was telling her what a very -ood
Woman she ought 10 Be- Oh she siid -
Fuu Eer= a. hungry and cold as am. van
c1ril think Of nothing else believe the 1